Acraea (Actinote) serena Fabricius 1775
Description
187. Acraea (Actinote) serena Fabricius, 1775
WL: 20mm. A. serena is a ubiquitous species that flies in degraded forest areas, savanna and even parks and gardens. The species is abundant and widespread in Guinea-Bissau. Previously known as A. eponina, it extends along most of sub-Saharan Africa, southwestern Arabia, Madagascar and most of the African islands. The caterpillars are polyphagous and feed on a variety of species of Tiliaceae, Sterculiaceae, Solanaceae, Verbenaceae and Ehretiaceae.
Studied material. Bafatá: Aldeia do Geba, no date, 1♂ (FR); Bangacia, no date, 1♂, quite common in the area (FR); Dulombi, woodland, 28.02.2013, 1♂ (SV) (CZ000010979); Gafati, woodland, 1♂, cashew, 1♂, 31.01.2013 (SV) (CZ000010981, 000010984). Cacheu: Caió, very common (JB). Gabú: Kobolo, 0 2.07.2009, 1♂ (BS 29031); Beli, 2♂ 1♀ (JG 10, 30, 44) (CZ 5896); Fasadji, cashew, 18.02.2013, 1♂ (SV) (CZ000010980); Biricunda, 0 3.03.2013 1♂ (SV) (CZ000010982); Sinchã-Sarfo, margins of the Geba river, no date, 1♂ (FR). Quinara: Cantanha (PNLC) 15- 18.07.2009, 2♂ 2♀ (BS 29032, 29112/29113, 29040); Buba Tombo (PNLC), 18.07.2009, 2♂ (BS 29114/29115).
Previous references. Regions: Biombo, Bissau, Bolama, Gabú, Oio, Quinara, Tombali. Authors: Aurivillius (1910), Villiers (1949), Bivar-de-Sousa & Passos-de-Carvalho (1987), Larsen (2005), Consciência et al. (2008), Pierre & Bernaud (2009, map).
Probable abundance and proposed status. AB: C; CS: LC.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- PNLC
- Event date
- 2009-07-18 , 2013-01-31 , 2013-02-18 , 2013-02-28
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Acraea
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Fabricius
- Species
- serena
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 2009-07-18 , 2013-01-31 , 2013-02-18 , 2013-02-28
- Taxonomic concept label
- Acraea (Actinote) serena Fabricius, 1775 sec. Bivar-De-Sousa, Vasconcelos, Mendes, Larsen, Baker & Guilherme, 2016
References
- Fabricius, J. C. (1775) Systema Entomologiae. Officina Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi (Flensburg - Germany) & Lipsiae (Leipzig - Germany), [xxxii] + 832 pp.
- Aurivillius, C. (1910) Schmetterlinge gesammelt in Westafrika von Leonardo Fea in dem Jahren 1897 - 1902. Annali del Museo civico di Storia naturale da Genova, 44, 502 - 506.
- Villiers, A. (1949) Mission P. L. Dekeiser et A. Villiers en Guinee et Cote d'Ivoire (1946). Insectes (premiere partie). Catalogue de l'Institut Francais de l'Afrique Noire, 5, 1 - 90.
- Pierre, J. & Bernaud, D. (2009) Le genre Acraea Fabricius, 1807, sous-genre Actinote. In: Bauer, E. & Frankenbach, T. (Eds.), Butterflies of the World, Supplement 16, pp. 19.